Gallery: (11-22-2022) MBB vs. Stonehill
Bronx, N.Y. – A Skyhawk is a type of Frigatebird which is referred to as a kleptoparasite as they occasionally rob other seabirds for food, and are known to snatch seabird chicks from the nest. Tonight, the Stonehill College Skyhawks tried to snatch victory from the Fordham University Rams in their nest known as the Rose Hill Gym. But the Rams held firm down the stretch as grad student forward
Khalid Moore scored a career-high 24 points to lead Fordham to a 71-60 win over Stonehill in the final game of the 2022 Tom Konchalski Classic.
With the win, Fordham improves to 5-1, and goes 3-0 in the Konchalski Classic, on the year while Stonehill falls to 2-5.
Moore shot 9-for-13 from the field, 2-for-3 from behind the arc, and added four rebounds, while grad student guard
Darius Quisenberry added 14 points, four rebounds and six assists. Junior guard
Kyle Rose also finished in double figures with ten points to go with six rebounds, four assists, and two steals.
Fordham led by nine at the half, 36-27, but the Skyhawks kept pecking away at the lead, eventually getting it to two, 42-40, with 14:06 left.
Both offenses then went cold but a three from Moore was followed by a layup from the forward to get the Fordham lead up to seven, 47-40, with 11:03 remaining.
The Skyhawks would get as close as four twice over the next six minutes, the final at 54-50, at the 5:49 mark but the Rams outscored Stonehill 17-9 the rest of the way.
Takeaways
•
Darius Quisenberry was named the Tom Konchalski Classic Jim O'Connell Most Outstanding Player while
Khalid Moore and
Kyle Rose were named to the All-Classic team.
• The MOP Award is named for former Fordham sports information director, the late Jim O'Connell. Anne Gregory O'Connell, Jim's wife and Fordham Athletic Hall of Famer, along with their sons, James and Andrew, and Jim's sister, Mary, presented the award.
• The Rams open the season 5-1 for the first time since 2018-2019.
• The Rams outrebounded the Skyhawks, 41-25.
• In three games of the Konchalski Classic, the Fordham defense limited teams to shooting just 38.2% (65-170) from the field, 29.8% from behind the arc.
• Fordham wins its first five home games of the year for the first time since 2018-2019.
• New York Knick Ryan Arcidiacono, who played at Villanova and won two NCAA Championships with Fordham's Director of Player Development
Henry Lowe, was in attendance tonight.
• Stonehill is in its first year as an NCAA Div. I program and are members of the Northeast Conference.
By the Numbers
12 – Rebounds for
Abdou Tsimbila, a career-high (previous high was ten at UMass last year).
21 – Assists recorded by the Rams, a season-high, led by seven from
Antrell Charlton.
24 – Points by
Khalid Moore, a career -high (previous high was 19 when he was at Georgia Tech vs. Miami last year).
41 – Rebounds for Fordham, a season-high.
671 – All-time Fordham wins in the Rose Hill Gym.
1,550 – All-time wins for Fordham.
What's Next?
• The Rams will host the Harvard University Crimson in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Sunday, November 27 at 1:30 p.m.
• It will be the 16th meeting between Fordham and Harvard on the hardwood, the first since 2017.
• Fordham leads the all-time series is tied, 8-7.
• The Crimson took the last meeting, 47-45 in the Rose Hill Gym on December 6, 2017.
• Fordham is 134-81 all-time against schools currently in the Ivy League.
• The game will feature the official Rose Hill Gym court dedication to the Frank McLaughlin family.
